Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Report: Chargers At Strip Club Saturday Before Jets Game

You have probably heard by now about Vincent Jackson's second consecutive playoff time traffic-related arrest, but today XX1090 in San Diego was treated to a pretty unique call.

The manager of a well known strip club in the San Diego area named "Pure Platinum" called in this afternoon around 1:00 PM Pacific time to alert host Darren Smith that at least eight Chargers were at his strip club into the early hours of the morning less that 36 hours before the game with the Jets on Sunday.

Though this isn't the worst crime in the world (it's not like they were there the night before the game) it still goes to show the discipline of this Chargers team and proves why they're not ready to be champions yet. This news, mixed with the Jackson news, Cromartie's bottle breaking incident, and the whole Merriman-Tila Tequila thing just makes the San Diego Chargers look like the complete opposite of the Indianapolis Colts or the Pittsburgh Steelers. Throw in Philip Rivers' "school-kid-complaining-because-his-team-is-losing" demeanor, and Tomlinson's music video and the San Diego Chargers look like the team in the NFL that needs Tom Coughlin (circa 2005) to coach them the most.

To be fair to the Chargers, had Nate Kaeding hit a few field goals, this probably wouldn't be a story. Still, the Chargers continuous lack of discipline on and off the field is an issue that needs to be addressed.

Edited 1/21: The call from the Strip Club manager was made to Darren Smith, not the previously stated John Cantera (actually spelt Katera). My apologies.

8 comments:

In my opinion,they all of the players are very excellent and show well-performs in their competing life in the NFL Draft team.Whatever people doubt ,they are still trying their best to get awards for their team and their country.That's very honour.We should support them.

Your overall premise is spot-on..."the Chargers' continuous lack of discipline...needs to be addressed."

However, some of your examples are simply falsehoods perpetrated by the media. Specifically, your inaccurate assertion that Rivers has a "school-kid-complaining-because-his-team-is-losing demeanor". He's a feisty, hates-to-lose competitor who doesn't back down or quit because of a minor injury like torn knee ligaments. I'll take him ALL DAY! Additionally, the LT video was an ad filmed by Nike years ago. I wish it hadn't been released when it was, but it wasn't even created this season.Having said all that, Norv better get these guys' attention cuz it would be a shame for both LT and Rivers to miss out on a ring!